_ 226 _ the country, and it is not a place for anyone to encumber himself with them. It is winter already and it rains every day, and it is not a good time to risk them on the sea. All the horse-merchants who were here are going to Ormuz with them. One is an Armenian, who is taking twenty-four, among which there are nine or ten very good ones, which he had already bought before my arrival in this place. If they are goods of good quality they will cost you a good deal, and the same is true of the others who are coming from here. I am writing nothing to you [about this] because in the end in all countries every man is for himself and God for all. They have treated me as is expected of them, and I treat them in the manner expected of me. So, you must not get involved with them in anything for virtue never came out of Moors. Sir, Fernão Rodrigues, unwell as he is, helped a great deal in the purchase of those few horses I have sent you, and he would have done the same if there had been many of them. You will thank him on my behalf. He is taking six horses which he bought here in exchange for fine cloths and cash, but they are poor specimens which I did not wish to buy myself, as you will see. As it seemed to me that you would not be troubled by this, I was not troubled
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